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"Jacques Maritain was a leading French philosopher of the twentieth century. He came to know America first hand and taught at four American universities. This book explores his thought in its engagement of with the American political system and the American culture of liberal individualism"--Provided by publisher.
Publish Date
2009
Publisher
American Maritain Association,
Distributed by the Catholic University of America Press,
Catholic University of America Press
Language
English
Pages
270
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2009, American Maritain Association, Distributed by the Catholic University of America Press
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Christopher Cullen
Part I: Maritain and the American experiment : challenges and problems
Catholicism and the declaration of independence : an American dilemma / Robert P. Kraynak
Social cohesion of a pluralist civil society : a challenge to Maritain's political philosophy / Henk E.S. Woldring
Resolving the tension between tolerance and truth : Jacques Maritain on the moral extremes of relativism and fanaticism / John G. Trapani, Jr.
Yves R. Simon on willing the common good / John A. Cuddeback
John Stuart Mill's deontological hedonism / Francis Slade
Part II: The Christian philosopher in society
Maritain and the problem of Christian philosophy / Mathew S. Pugh
A controversy reconsidered / Ralph C. Nelson
A Good Shepherd : Thomas Aquinas on the names of God in the Summa theologiae (I, Q. 13, AA. 1-7) / Timothy Valentine
Connaturality / Martin Andic
Part III: The person in society
Time and the human person / Teresa I. Reed
Transcending bodily existence and vulnerability / Alice Ramos
Beyond the personal : Weil's critique of Maritain / Eric O. Springsted
Part IV: Personalist ethics in a democratic society
The person in America / John F. Morris
Maritain, connaturality, and the American family / James G. Hanink
The "normal" pursuit of eudaimonia, and the potential obstacle posed by genetic manipulation / William M. Joensen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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